Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-06-17 | Page 14 | In a Pension in Germany

IN A PENSION IN GERMANY Girls' Boarding1 Schools an Admirablo Invention, Says a Traveler. Tho German girl leaven school at about IE yearn o fiKO, by which time he hna learned to sew, mnd and rupposedly lo njwok Eng-llah Eng-llah and French. Kho mn not learned hlcher mathomatlcs, but oho haa lcarnd the fanall things which HI a Girl tor a housQwlfu or companion, and that In Germany Is womnn's only sphere. Howovur much we American clrls may en-Joy en-Joy our colleges, wo daro not pity tho German Blrlu, for thoy have something which taltos their placo and of which wc can hav no conception con-ception until wo reside In Gerrruuiy a few months. i Did you ever henr of a pcnBlon? It Is one of tho most enjoyable thlnRs which exists. Certain Cer-tain Influential women, mostly widows or maiden aunty, maku known that they ure willing will-ing to tnko a limited numbor of young women Into their family. "Wo wont to Hanover, two of us Irls, with a horror and dread of a boardlnn echool. as wo heard a "pension" described. We found ourselves In a family of eight Rlrls, all from tho verv best clues of Germnns Rnd all placed under Krau Von II.'s cure for a yejir or more. None of tho girls had any special object In life; a few wanted to learn how to keep house, a few Indulged in an liour'o music (eson a week: but most of them cAme, us Is the German Ger-man custom, for the sake of becoming polished pol-ished and being escorted to concerts, theaters, bnlls, receptions, student Knelpes. etc.. opportunities oppor-tunities not afforded in smaller cities nnd even nol In many cities that are larger than Hanover. Han-over. Consequently our chaperon accepted Invitations Invita-tions for tho girls, parties wore given, and the BTcal Intimate family spent a year full of plejisu re. Modern Women.